H.R. 4156: Lady Liberty Act of 2023

118th Congress · introduced 2023-06-15 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-06-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Lady Liberty Act of 2023

Plain summary

Lady Liberty Act of 2023 This bill sets a floor of 125,000 for the maximum number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States each fiscal year. Under current law, the President sets the annual cap on refugee admissions at the beginning of each fiscal year. (The cap for FY2023 was 125,000, but in some years it had been lower. For example, the cap for FY2021 was 15,000.)

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Official text

Lady Liberty Act of 2023

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 25 cosponsors

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Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Greg Casar (D-TX)

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Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr4156.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr4156 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118